WB_08.3 The Past — How was your weekend?
How to... | ask about a past experience
1
• 🇺🇸 Complete the dialogues.
• 🇪🇸 Completa los diálogos.
datefantasticFineattractiveholidaytripweekendflightawfulgood
A
How was your to Paris?
B
It was OK. The journey was fine but the hotel wasn’t very .
A
How was your ?
B
It was . It was really long and the food was terrible.
A
How was your ?
B
It was great. She was very nice and really .
A
How was your ?
B
, thanks. I was in town on Saturday and I was at home on Sunday.
A
How was your ?
B
It was ! The hotel was great and the food was very nice!
⚠️ 🇬🇧 Listen after you finish the exercise. ⇄ 🇪🇸 Escucha después de terminar el ejercicio.
Pronunciation | /au/
2
• 🇺🇸 Choose the words with the /au/ sound.
• 🇪🇸 Elige las palabras con el sonido /au/.
1
Wow! That’s a big brown cow!
2
Wow! That’s a big brown cow! I want to go to town now to buy some flowers.
3
How tall is that mountain? About two thousand metres?
4
Mouse is a noun but how do you pronounce it?
Vocabulary | more adjectives
3a
• 🇺🇸 Put the letters in the correct order to make adjectives.
• 🇪🇸 Ordena las letras correctamente para formar adjetivos.
raf →
eped →
latl →
iwed →
olng →
ahyve →
3b
• 🇺🇸 Select the correct adjective. ⇄ • 🇪🇸 Selecciona el adjetivo correcto.
⚠️ 🇬🇧 Listen after you finish the exercise. ⇄ 🇪🇸 Escucha después de terminar el ejercicio.
A: He’s over two metres.
B: That’s really deep / far / long / tall.
A: The shop is twenty kilometres from here.
B: That’s really far / long / tall / wide.
A: Her new baby is six kilogrammes!
B: That’s really deep / heavy / long / tall.
A: It’s over 100 metres to the bottom of this lake.
B: That’s really far / long / deep / wide.
A: The flight is twelve hours.
B: That’s really far / heavy / deep / long.
A: The table is one metre by two metres.
B: That’s not very deep / far / wide / tall.

Grammar | How + adjectives
4
Quiz.
• 🇺🇸 Put the words in the correct order to make quiz questions. Listen to the first audio after the question. You will hear 3 options. Choose 1 option and then listen to the second audio to check. Write the correct answer in the gaps using digits.
• 🇪🇸 Pon las palabras en el orden correcto para formar preguntas de quiz. Escucha el primer audio después de la pregunta. Oirás 3 opciones. Elige 1 opción y luego escucha el segundo audio para comprobar. Escribe la respuesta correcta en los huecos usando números.
1) the Taj Mahal / old / How / is / India? / in
→ ?
Options.
Answer: Taj Mahal is about years old.
2) from / is / New York / How / from London? / far
→ ?
Options.
Answer: It’s about kilometres.
3) the Pacific Ocean? / is / How / in / deep / the Mariana Trench
→ ?
Options.
Answer: Mariana Trench is about kilometres deep.
4) Napoleon? / tall / was / How
→ ?
Options.
Answer: Napoleon was about metre centimetres tall.
5) Route 66 / in / long / the USA? / is / How
→ ?
Options.
Answer: Route 66 is about kilometres.
6) the Grand Canyon? / How / wide / is
→ ?
Options.
Answer: In some places the Grand Canyon is kilometres wide.
7) Japan? / How / in / is / Mount Fuji / tall
→ ?
Options.
Answer: Mount Fuji is about metres tall.
8) Ayres Rock / How / Australia? / long / in / is
→ ?
Options.
Answer: Ayers Rock is about kilometres long, kilometres wide and metres tall.
Listening
5a
• 🇺🇸 Listen. Answer the questions.
• 🇪🇸 Escucha. Contesta las preguntas.

What does Marianne want? → She wants a in The .
Where is The Coffee Palace? → It is .
What was Marianne’s last job? → She was a .
What is Favourite Fashions? → It’s a .
How long was Marianne there? → About .
How many cafés has Carl got? → .
How old is the business? → About old.
5b
• 🇺🇸 Listen again. Complete the audioscript.
• 🇪🇸 Escucha otra vez. Completa el guión de audio.
C = Carl, M = Marianne
= full dialogue.
C
Take a seat. I’m Carl Sarandon.
M
I’m Marianne. Nice to meet you.
C
Nice to meet you, too. Would you like a coffee?
M
No, thank you.
C
How your journey here?
M
It was , thank you.
C
So, you want a job in The Coffee Palace.
M
Yes, that’s right.
C
What your last job?
M
I was a sales assistant in a clothes shop.
C
Was that here in Chicago?
M
No, it . It in San Diego. I’m from California.
C
I see. What the name of the shop?
M
Favourite Fashions.
C
Was your first job?
M
Yes, it was.
C
How you with Favourite Fashions?
M
About two years.
C
Can you make coffee?
M
I can make coffee.
C
Good! Do you have any for me?
M
Yes, is this your business?
C
Yes, it is. I’ve got two other cafés.
M
How is the business?
C
It’s about three years old.
M
OK. Thank you.
C
Now, we start work here at seven in the morning …
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